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Spring Trials
April 30, 2013
It is hard for me to resist flowers. I tell myself I garden for foliage and texture, for habitat and native plants, but when presented with flowers I am a glutton.
I can not resist the abundant profusion of the California Spring Trials where flowers are on show by the millions. I go to the Trials whether or not I have paying clients. Fortunately I have several clients, so I don’t feel so guilty when I simply immerse myself into new hybrids, new colors, and perfect light inside the greenhouses loaded with flowers.
I have heard the Trials called the fashion show of the flower industry. Breeders put their best new varieties out for inspection, hoping something will catch the eye of a wholesale grower, perhaps for Lowe’s or Home Depot. When on my own time I search for new varieties that “I” would buy among the thousands that are on show for the wholesale buyers. [click to continue…]
